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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, F. H. DE TRAY, of Odin, in the county of Marion, and State of Illinois, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Ditching and Grading-Machines; and Indo hereby declare thatthe following is a full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of this invention is to provide a machine for digging up the soil from one place, so as to form a ditch, -and for transferring the dug soil to another place, in a line parallel with the ditch, so as to form an embankment or roadway.

The machine consists of a plough o r scraper,'for digging up thedirt, and a conveyer,l for distributing it in the required location.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my improved ditching and grading-machine, I will proc'eed to describe its construction'and operation.I I l Figure 1 of the drawings is a longitudinal sectional 'elevation of the machine.

Figure 2 is a plan of it.

Figure 3 is a rear end elevation.

The machineconsists of a beam, A, (similarY to a plough-beam,`) a plough or ditcherB, having vertical side pieces or cutters'b, and a conveyor, C, for transferring the dirt dug from the ditch to the embankment beside the ditch, or the'roadway that is to be graded; The propelling-power is tn be attached to the Yplough-beam A in the usual manner, andthe handles a (similar to plough-handles) are used for guiding the machine the same l as if it were aplough. The two s ide .pieces or cutters b are simply two pieces of metal,'having their front edges sharpened, so as to cut down the sides of the ditch; andthese pieces, in conjunction with a cap-piece or cover, a', which is attached to the bottom side of the beam, form a kind of box,which retains and guides the 4earth on its passage from the plough totheconveyer.C. The'earth cut from the ditch by the plough B and side cutters b slides up behind the plough on the inclined way B until it arrives at that point where it maygbe delivered to the conveyor. The inclined way B may be either a xed plate, attached to the side plates ofthe cutters b, or it may be a travelling conveyor, similar to C. .A stationary plate will be best adapted -to use `in dry, good-working ground, but the travelling conveyer will be indispensable for working wet, heavy ground. I l i The conveyer C. is an endless belt, travelling over the rollers c and c, the latter of these having its bearf ings provided in the out-hangers c2, which are attached to the side of the bon 6.a. The outer ends of'these out-hangers rest on the stand c3, which has a single wheel, c4, the said hangers being capable of a vertical adjust-A ment by means of the bolts c5 and a set of adjustable poles, c6; The roller c which drives the conveyer receives its motion from the spur-wheel C', through the'medium of the c,og'-gearing c7 es, the wheel C being arranged to travel on the bottom of the furrow or ditch.

As the conveyer C willbe in operation all the time the machine is at work, the dirt delivered-to it over the way B will by i't be transferred in a lateral direction, and dumped oi outside of the wheel, at c4.

Of course the conveyor C may be attached to either side of the machine, so ns tomake it either a right or a left machine. I i

Having described my invention, what I claim, is-' 1. The ditcher or. plough B b, in combination with the inclined way or dirt-slide B', as described, and for `the purpose set forth.

,2. I claim the couveyer C, in combination with the ditcher B bsan'd slide Bf, as and for the purpose set forth and described.

3. I claim the stand c3, wheel c4, and the out-hangers c, when combined and arranged iu an adjustable manner, so as to regulate the vertical height of the outend of the pieces c2, as described, and for the purpose set forth, v A i l y z i In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand, in presence of l i F. H. DE TRAY.

Witnesses:

' M. RANDOLPH,

H. PAULI. 

